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Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
Last night I was waiting for a GN train northbound at H&I. Train turned up
but the information board was telling me about problems on gatwick express, as if anyone going north on GN will be heading for gatwick! Then it went on to mention problems on the tube. Fantastic. I didn't know if the Stevenage train in front of me would be stopping at my station (it normally doesn't), but by the time the board got around to mentioning that yes it actually would the bloody doors had closed. I can't imagine it would be too hard for the people who program these systems to do so, so that if the indicated train is due then only to display stops, not some pointless info that no one gives a rats arse about. |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
I remember a great one at Morden when there was no service Kennington to Morden either way.
The scrolling display said "There is currently no service Morden to Kenn...." and then immediately switched to "No service Northwick Park to Chorleywood because of a person taken ill at Pinner". For some reason, we never got the full message about the Northern Line. |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On 17/08/2018 14:36, Offramp wrote:
I remember a great one at Morden when there was no service Kennington to Morden either way. The scrolling display said "There is currently no service Morden to Kenn...." and then immediately switched to "No service Northwick Park to Chorleywood because of a person taken ill at Pinner". For some reason, we never got the full message about the Northern Line. Oh my God! They killed Kennington! -- Basil Jet - listening... P. Morris. PJ Harvey. Palais Schaumburg. Panda Bear. Parliament. Passengers. Paternoster. Paul Draper. Paul Haig. Paul McCartney. Paul Simon. Paul Weller. Pavement. Pearls Before Swine. Pega Monstro. Penderecki. Penguin Café Orchestra. Pere Ubu. Pet Shop Boys. Pete & The Pirates. Pete Doherty. Peter & The Test Tube Babies. Peter Bjorn & John. Peter Blegvad. Peter Gabriel. Peter Murphy. Peter Scherer & Arto Lindsay. Phew. Phil Hartley. Philip Glass. Phoenix. Photay. |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 06:36:12 -0700 (PDT), Offramp
wrote: I remember a great one at Morden when there was no service Kennington to Morden either way. The scrolling display said "There is currently no service Morden to Kenn...." and then immediately switched to "No service Northwick Park to Chorleywood because of a person taken ill at Pinner". For some reason, we never got the full message about the Northern Line. Do they still refer to 'person under train' or has the terminology changed? |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:29:18 +0100
Scott wrote: On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 06:36:12 -0700 (PDT), Offramp wrote: I remember a great one at Morden when there was no service Kennington to Morden either way. The scrolling display said "There is currently no service Morden to Kenn...." and then immediately switched to "No service Northwick Park to Chorleywood because of a person taken ill at Pinner". For some reason, we never got the full message about the Northern Line. Do they still refer to 'person under train' or has the terminology changed? Isn't the euphamism "person on the track" now? |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
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Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 20:58:35 +0100, Bevan Price
wrote: It should be made a rule that "train departure screens" should only be permitted to display train departure information. If they want to display info. about "disruptions", "safety", "security", "future engineeering work", etc., they should provide separate display screens. Absolutely agree. If they want they can put a poster up somewhere for what is usually patronising nonsense, the train departure screens should be kept for train departures. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
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Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
wrote in message ...
Last night I was waiting for a GN train northbound at H&I. Train turned up but the information board was telling me about problems on gatwick express, as if anyone going north on GN will be heading for gatwick! Then it went on to mention problems on the tube. Fantastic. I didn't know if the Stevenage train in front of me would be stopping at my station (it normally doesn't), but by the time the board got around to mentioning that yes it actually would the bloody doors had closed. I can't imagine it would be too hard for the people who program these systems to do so, so that if the indicated train is due then only to display stops, not some pointless info that no one gives a rats arse about. I think it was some time last year I turned up at Gatwick to find the platform display telling everyone about the "next train", complete with a slowly scrolling list of destinations that didn't allow any space for details of any subsequent services running from that platform. This "next train" was a) timetabled to depart about an hour previously and b) had been cancelled. It was just as bad upstairs on the main cocncourse where the displays were full of details of the last two hours of cancellations with nothing telling anyone what was actually running. I almost literally grabbed a fairly senior looking member of staff and asked him WTF he doing allowing such a situation to persist for so long. To his credit he scuttled away and got the offending items removed fairly quickly. -- DAS |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On 20/08/18 22:41, D A Stocks wrote:
wrote in message ... Last night I was waiting for a GN train northbound at H&I. Train turned up but the information board was telling me about problems on gatwick express, as if anyone going north on GN will be heading for gatwick! Then it went on to mention problems on the tube. Fantastic. I didn't know if the Stevenage train in front of me would be stopping at my station (it normally doesn't), but by the time the board got around to mentioning that yes it actually would the bloody doors had closed. I can't imagine it would be too hard for the people who program these systems to do so, so that if the indicated train is due then only to display stops, not some pointless info that no one gives a rats arse about. I think it was some time last year I turned up at Gatwick to find the platform display telling everyone about the "next train", complete with a slowly scrolling list of destinations that didn't allow any space for details of any subsequent services running from that platform. This "next train" was a) timetabled to depart about an hour previously and b) had been cancelled. It was just as bad upstairs on the main cocncourse where the displays were full of details of the last two hours of cancellations with nothing telling anyone what was actually running. My experience of Gatwick was that the indicators were pretty useless. I almost literally grabbed a fairly senior looking member of staff and asked him WTF he doing allowing such a situation to persist for so long. To his credit he scuttled away and got the offending items removed fairly quickly. |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On 20/08/2018 21:41, D A Stocks wrote:
I think it was some time last year I turned up at Gatwick to find the platform display telling everyone about the "next train", complete with a slowly scrolling list of destinations that didn't allow any space for details of any subsequent services running from that platform. This "next train" was a) timetabled to depart about an hour previously and b) had been cancelled. It was just as bad upstairs on the main cocncourse where the displays were full of details of the last two hours of cancellations with nothing telling anyone what was actually running. So it's no better than it was several years ago, when services were disrupted due to bad weather. According to both the LED displays and the recorded announcements, several trains (including non-stoppers) approaced, arrived, and departed. In reality, there was not a train to be seen, and the occasional one that managed to get through wasn't displayed and had to be announced by a real person! -- rgds LAurence |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On 21/08/18 12:26, Laurence Taylor wrote:
On 20/08/2018 21:41, D A Stocks wrote: I think it was some time last year I turned up at Gatwick to find the platform display telling everyone about the "next train", complete with a slowly scrolling list of destinations that didn't allow any space for details of any subsequent services running from that platform. This "next train" was a) timetabled to depart about an hour previously and b) had been cancelled. It was just as bad upstairs on the main cocncourse where the displays were full of details of the last two hours of cancellations with nothing telling anyone what was actually running. So it's no better than it was several years ago, when services were disrupted due to bad weather. According to both the LED displays and the recorded announcements, several trains (including non-stoppers) approaced, arrived, and departed. In reality, there was not a train to be seen, and the occasional one that managed to get through wasn't displayed and had to be announced by a real person! I travelled from Gatwick railway station during the cancellation crises at the end of June. Even with the reduced service there were last minute platform changes and passengers expecting to travel on the cancelled services were having to ask employees which train to catch because the indicators were useless. |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 23:15:48 +0100
"martin.coffee" wrote: My experience of Gatwick was that the indicators were pretty useless. At least they're consistent in that part of the world then with the flight indicators going tits up because it seems none of the pre pubescent "engineers" who worked on it understood the concept of redundancy. But then any company that removes a direct link from the tower and replaces it by an internet based round the houses system is clearly doing it simply for its own profit rather than whats best for the customer. |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
On 21/08/2018 13:44, martin.coffee wrote:
I travelled from Gatwick railway station during the cancellation crises at the end of June. Even with the reduced service there were last minute platform changes and passengers expecting to travel on the cancelled services were having to ask employees which train to catch because the indicators were useless. There is, or was when I was there last, a display monitor on one of the platforms that shows (or can be made to show as the press of a button), the station layout, appraching trains with numbers, and so on. It's obviously meant for platform staff, but is very useful for passengers who can understand it. -- rgds LAurence |
Pointless messages on electronic platform boards
Laurence Taylor wrote:
On 21/08/2018 13:44, martin.coffee wrote: I travelled from Gatwick railway station during the cancellation crises at the end of June. Even with the reduced service there were last minute platform changes and passengers expecting to travel on the cancelled services were having to ask employees which train to catch because the indicators were useless. There is, or was when I was there last, a display monitor on one of the platforms that shows (or can be made to show as the press of a button), the station layout, appraching trains with numbers, and so on. It's obviously meant for platform staff, but is very useful for passengers who can understand it. They’re quite common at staffed stations on the gWr network, and presumably others too. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMw8y6AWkAARZnF.jpg Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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